As part of their 2024 May Day celebration, the Upper West branch of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) spent the day with children at the Firm Lifeline Ministries Orphanage in Jirapa.
The Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area, Naa Ansule Donglabong Ganaa III, has issued a strong admonition following a heated altercation that briefly disrupted the confirmation process of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee for the Jirapa Municipal Assembly.
The nominee for the position of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Jirapa Municipality, Peter To-ang, failed to secure the required votes for confirmation in a poll held on Monday.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wa, Most Reverend Richard Kuu-ia Bomansaa (M. Afr.), led a vibrant and spiritually uplifting Palm Sunday celebration in Jirapa on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Seven people have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities, known as “galamsey,” along the Black Volta River at Chiantanga, a community near Dorimon in Ghana’s Wa West District.
Much internal stakeholder support is needed to fill in the funding gaps created after the United States government under President Donald Trump suspended funding to the USAID to continue its several aid projects.
The historic traditional public durbar ground of Jirapa, which hosts most public and social events in the Jirapa area, is likely to miss the chance of an upgrade due to a pending lawsuit.
The Jirapa main market, located less than two kilometres west of the Jirapa township on the Jirapa-Tizza main road, is not just a bustling commercial centre but an integral part of daily life for many people in the region.
Jirapa FM’s Fidelis Da-uri has been honoured with the 2025 George Atkins Communications Award from Farm Radio International for his exceptional dedication to food security and poverty reduction through innovative radio broadcasting.
